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Trade policies can have an impact on the climate change mitigation efforts of countries, just as policies for addressing climate change can influence trade among countries. This relationship will enter a new phase in 2015 as significant changes in the policy landscape emerge from the adoption by the United Nations of a universal post-2015 development agenda, sustainable development goals and a climate change agreement.

A challenging collective transformation

There is a unique opportunity in 2015 for the international community to craft a global agenda for sustainable development that is peopled centered, economically and environmentally sustainable, climate change resilient and development oriented.